Erecting means for buildings of sectional construction



w. s. PAINTER. 3ERECTINIG MEANIS FOR BUILDINGS OFQSECTIONAL cousmucnou.

IAPPL-ICATION FILED JUNE 1919. 1,3 9,295.-

Patented. Feb. 22, 1921.

B Attm fiey I I Inventor part hereof.

3 UNITED STATES WALTER s. mama, or NEwYoRK, N. Y,

nnnc'rme MEANS 30R BUILDINGS or snccr oimn consrnuorroni j Application filed June 5 T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER a subject of the'King of Great Brltain, residing in the borough of Manhattan, of'the city of New York, in the State, of New York, have invented certain new and 'usefullmprovements in Erecting Means for Buildin s. of Sectional Construction, offwhich the 0 lowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawi g, forming a This invention relates to erecting means of a semiportablecharacter, adapted for, use in handling building material, which means can be quickly, set up injop'erativecondition at diflerentbuilding sites. i

The'objec't of the invention is to provide a meansgfor quickly handling large building units and in particular to erect the buildings constructed according. to the application for Letters Patent filed by me as Serial 'No. 302,053 on June 5, 1919. .The means em: ployed is a system oftrolleys.traversing one another to handle material at. alllangles the manner hereinafter set forth. V In the preferredf-orm trolley carrying cables or wires, supported by suitable posts are stretched or extended lengthwise of, the building to be directly over the longitudinal wall thereof; the expression lengthwise is used but the intention is to have the carrying cables placed in the. direction of the'greatest number of parallel walls, the arrangement being such thatwall blocks or. slabslmay be raised and carried directly to where they are to be located in. the building, inexact relation to that which they occup", When 1 cated in permanent position, and also similarly raising and" carrying floor blocks to be seated on the tops ofoppositely locatedwall blocks; two wall blocks and a floor block constituting a complete section of the build; ing, or of a compartment thereof, I, In'the accompanying drawing, forming part of'this jspecification and to which I will now refer- P V f Figure 1 is a plan view of a building hav ing three longitudinal walls, showing the improved trolleysystern in connection therewith. Y i a a F a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is an end'view, and

wall blocks. a In the figures, fi des gnates'the long1tudi nal walls and '5' the blocks forming the S. PAINTER,

Fig.4 illustratesa method of hg Q 1919. Serial 1T0, 302,054.

PATENT OFFICE Specification of Letters Patent. Pafe td F b; i921 same, 6 the transverse walls and 7 a floor-ofi:

a bu lding partly erected. At a, distance beyond the ends of the longitudinal walls 5, and dlrectlyin line therewith, are set up posts 8, 8 vertically held, by stays and guide lines, as indicated at 9 and 9 which may be connected at their lower endstofbase plates 10, 10', on which may be placed ,uwindlasses" as at 11 and ll', v I Trolley lines 12, palrs are supported onthe posts 8 in line generally arranged"; in 1 with th'e wallsf5. These. trolley cablesare t firmly anchored'tjo the groundas indicated at 13, but any other method of anchoring suitable for taking themoverturning and to resist the resultant stress from the carrying v of the load, will-be employed under suitable conditions. I p n a Suspended from. the trolley lines are carriers 14, provided with means for raising and setting the'wall blocksjas shown in Fig; i 7' A suitable arrangementthereshown con-. slsts of screw threadsfon the'ftop 'dowel pins 15 of theblocks 5 screw sockets lfi'plalced, thereon and adapted to be connected to the 7 carrlers 14; The, carriers-14 are generally provided withadequate raising apparatus 1 conslsting of an endless chain 23 anda ratchet and pulley; 22, 1 thus permitti the wallblock 5' tobe rai's'ed at'any pointover which thetrolley operates; The 'windlass 11 controlling lines 26 operates as. a means of retarding'the trolley against excessspeed,

the cable naturally being lower at the center of rest.

i 7 than atrth'e posts and the tendency being to I To provideimeansf for'handlingtheifloor I slab,17,'transverse trolley beams 18,.one for each division of the building are supported at their ends by suitable carriers on the trolley cables 12, located over the opposite walls of each division. .These carriers are also designed to carry. zlunits placed between the longitudinalcables.[It willib snoted that the transverse'trolley beam's'18 canbe'shifted such beams -.18 "are in themselves trolleygrails, having suitable tackle. '19 depending'therealong ,the;longituc linal;trolleycables 12, and 7 from for. raising'the floor blocks. With this arrangement the j fioor 4 block can be], raised anywhere along theiline of the longitudinal walls at any distance'therefrom; 21 indicates I a hand controlling guide line. The windlass 11, controlling line 20, is placed as a re tardant or as a means of drawing backthe load in case of a floor slab being drawn back to the point of rest.

The operation of necessity having to work from the front andrear toward the center can readily be worked by using. the cables from both ends. Another transversetrolley beam 24 extending laterally over and beyond the outer longitudinal] walls 5 is also supported by, the trolley cables 12 and is provided with means for operating a buoket 25 for raising mortar and other material and conveying it to any part ofthe operation.

These transverse trolleys can "be stationary orthey can be shifted by port's along cable 12. a

The building conventionally;-

movin the Sn 4 o e a illustrated may be of any character and forany purpose, as for instance it may represent a row of dwelling houses in courseef erectioma salient feature of the construction being the formation of the walls and floors of 2 standardized concrete blocks, .two wall blocks and a floor block ifor'ming' a eom V pleted section of' the building ol'iofits rooms 1 pa-rtments.

' The exact relation of the various trol? leys need not be exactly as described as long as the system is'maintained. The system Will not only make practical the baildling of large concrete blocks, but will also enable buildings, or ows, of buildings to be erected with a minimum of hand labor, and in point of time, far more. speedily than V has ever been done before;

It is ;contemplated, to 7 build the roof in 7 sections formed on the ground, andpla-ced V in osition' by the aerial cable lines in such 'fas ion "as to eliminate the' n'ecessity of labor- 1 other than the .placin'gfof thesections on.

thebuilding. i

I With reference to the doors and windows thesewill be erected in iplace as the erec- 7 tion proceeds. The doorsand windows will have rabbet ed jambs 'whiclrwill lock lover I prising a trolley system located in'the plane 7 at. each ofthelon'gitudinal walls of the building, a trolley; sys't'einltraversingf the erection.

'ofeach floor andlooated in theproperpo sition'on the: floors alreadybuilt; v

I'claiml I Q 1. erecting means for buildings, com-- .fsystem, each system suna firstmentioned I I (apted travel alongzthe porting [carriers trolley lines, such carriers having means 'for" "supporting and placing in position heavy and lightbuilding units.

2. An erecting means; for buildings, comprising a trolley system located in the plane of each of the longitudinal walls oi the I bu-ilding, ineans for holding the trolley lines above the altitude of said walls, carriers adapted to travel along the trolley lines and provided with means for connection with; light-and heavy building units, and means for raising the units and moving each carrier with its d'epeniding unit to situate it in the desired position.

i; An erecting means for buildings, comprising a trolley system located in the plane of .each of the longitudinal walls of the building,a-trolley system v supported byand 7 traversing the-first mentioned system, each system supporting carriers adapted to travel along thegtrolleylines, such carriersv havmgmeans for. supporting and' placing in position heavy and light building units; V V

4. An erecting means for buildings,,com

prising a trolley line locatedin the; plane ofeach ofj the longitudinal walls of the building, ,means for; holding the trolley a! lines. above-"the, altitude of said walls, carriers adapt ed to travel along theftrolley lines and. provided with means. for connection to; the upperends of wall blocksand means for raising thecblocksand. moving each carrierwith its depending block to; sit; c

uate the blockin-thelongitudinal wall.

5.. erecting means for buildings, comp'risin'ga trolley line located in the plane of each of the longitudinal Walls of the building, means for holding the. trolley lines-above thealtitude of. said walls, other trolley members supported to travel: onthe' trolley'cables over the walls of a longitu dina l' division of the building and provided with means for raising; a floorblock, V in position it willfoccupyf in the building and means forjmoving the trolleysto locate the floor, t -f Q the QP f p vious y 7 situated-Wall blocks in the opposite wall or the'clivision t me build ng;

- 6. A erecting means for-building s, comprising a trolley line oomposedof two horizontally arranged cables or wires located in'the planc of each of thelongitudinal,

walls of the building,n1eans for holding the lit trolle'y lines above tlie altitude of saidwalls, c

carriers adaptedtotravel along the trolley lines and provided with means foreconnection tor-the upper ends of wall blocks" and means ,for raising the f blocks and moving eaoh'c'arrier with its depending block to situate the block'in thelongitudinal, wall.

7 VAn erecting means; for. buildings, jcom-; prising a trolley line located the; plane" lines above the altitude otsaid walls, other of each of the' longitudinal walls of'the 1 building, means for" holding,- 'tlie'j "trolley trolley members supported to travel on the trolley cables over the Walls of a longitu- I dinal division of the building and provided with means for raising a floor block,

- in position it will occupy in the building riers adapted to travel along the trolley 10 lines, and provided with means for conn'e'c tion to the upper ends of Wall blocks and means for raising the blocks and moving each carrier With its depending blocklfi-to i situate the block in the longitudinal Wall.' "-1-;; 15

This specification signed this 28th ity of May, A. D. 1919. WALTER S; PAINTER. 

